THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. View this season's finalists!

Campaign

Brand Awareness Campaign Campaign by Diverse-Owned Businesses Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Launch Campaign Local Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Rebrand Campaign Regional Campaign Social Good Campaign

Content and Media

Blog & Micro-blog Brand Voice Branded Content Branded Series Contest or Promotion Copywriting NEW! Data Visualization Email & Newsletter Filter/Lens Hashtag Meme, GIF, & Emojis Micro-Site Single Post or Activation User-Generated Content

Design

Animation Art Direction Brand Identity Brand Redesign Generative AI NEW! Graphic Art Images Sound & Music UX/UI Visual Effects Website/App NEW!

Industry

Auto Beauty Business to Business Consumer Brand Education Entertainment Family and Parenting Financial Services Fitness, Health, & Wellness Food & Beverage Gaming Government & Politics Hospitality Insurance NEW! Live Events News & Media Non-Profit Pets & Animals Pharma & Healthcare Real Estate Restaurants Retail & E-Commerce Social Activism Sports Technology Television Travel & Tourism Wine, Beer & Spirits

Influencer & Celebrity Partnership

Instagram Partnership Multi-Platform Partnership Other Platform Partnership TikTok Partnership X Partnership YouTube Partnership

Metaverse

Artificial Intelligence Extended Reality Immersive Interactive Content NFTs

Overall Presence

Facebook Presence Instagram Presence LinkedIn Presence Multi-Platform Presence Other Platform Presence TikTok Presence X Presence YouTube Presence

Podcast

Art & Culture Podcast Branded Podcast Comedy Podcast Health & Wellness Podcast NEW! Lifestyle & Entertainment Podcast NEW! News & Politics Podcast Other Podcast Genres Podcast Mini Series Science & Technology Podcast Sports Podcast True Crime & Documentary Podcast

Single Platform

Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Other Platform TikTok X (formerly Twitter) YouTube

Strategy & Engagement

Brand Partnership Call to Action Community Management Creative Use of Technology CTV/OTT NEW! Customer Experience Earned Media Employee Engagement Event & Experiential Gamification Humor Innovative Media Buying Strategy Insights & Trends Integration with Live Television LGBTQ Community Engagement Micro-Influencer Strategy Multicultural Community Engagement Music & Dance On a Shoestring Organic Promotion Paid & Amplification Physical and Digital Convergence Public Service Announcement Real Time Response SEO & SEM Social Commerce Storytelling

Video

Comedy Video Dance Video Documentary NEW! Featurette or Behind The Scenes Video Instructional Video Live Event Coverage Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Music Video NEW! Product Feature Video Short Form Video Stories Unboxing Video Vertical Video Video Ad Video Series

From the 10th Annual Shorty Awards Best in Live Events

This award honors the best use of social media to elevate events including concerts, conferences, marches, rallies and meetups.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Live Events
winner
The 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards
For the fourth annual iHeartRadio Music Awards, the iHeartRadio social team set out to engage fans …

Finalists

Live Events
finalist
gold honor
Fans of Love
Most Americans agree that people should be treated respectfully and fairly. Yet many people in the …
Live Events
finalist
silver honor
audience honor
The 2017 iHeartRadio Music Festival
Following iHeartRadio's memorable social media moments at the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival, iHea…
Live Events
finalist
bronze honor
The 141st Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show - GLOW, WKC
The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is one of the oldest sporting events in modern history. Held a…
Live Events
finalist
MTV EMA
From start to finish, our digital campaign aimed to engage as many music fans as possible on thei…
Live Events
finalist
Toyota Camry Thrill Ride
DE worked with AMCI Global to transform the Staples Center Chick Hearn Court during the LA Auto Sho…

Nominees

Live Events
24 Hours of Reality: Be the Voice of Reality
We know the climate crisis is devastating our planet. We also know from research that no one's talk…
Live Events
Bloomberg's live journalism, live on social
In 2017, we set out to highlight editorial content from Bloomberg live events across social platfor…
Live Events
Isle of MTV
For over 10 years Isle of MTV Malta Music Week (IOMTV) has attracted some of the world's biggest n…
Live Events
Social Media Celebration - 18th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards®
VIDEO: http://latingram.my/2zcoezR
Live Events
The Bacon Party
Curate an experiential social event in Portland, Oregon that reaches the local millennial community…
Live Events
Total Social Stadium
As title sponsor of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) competitions, Total wanted to ap…
Live Events
Toyota Fiesta Hermosa
Raise awareness and positive brand association for Toyota amongst Southern California residents uti…